Hiking Sweatshirts

 

Hiking sweatshirt

     I saw this cute saying on a t-shirt and thought I would do sweatshirts for the four oldest grandkids.  We take them on hikes/walks in the fall.  There is a program in Lake County called Hike Lake County in the fall.  The Lake Count Forest Preserves marks different hikes in the various forest preserves.  You can earn a zipper pull if you do a certain number of them.  We have been taking them on these hikes since they were babies.  Their favorite part is the snacking.  Whenever they spot a bench it is either a water break or a snack break.  I thought this saying was perfect for them.

     The tree is a design is from Designs by JuJu.  I added the words with MasterWorks.

Magnetic hoop

Tear away taped

     I ironed on a stabilizer to the inside of the sweatshirt.  I also added a double layer of tear away stabilizer under the tree part as it is quite dense.  Even with that, the tree design wants to pucker.  I used my magnetic hoop for the embroidery, no hoop marks on the sweatshirt.  I just taped the tear away to the hoop.

Finished sweatshirt

     I am pretty happy with them, even with the cupping/puckering.  The bad news is that the two oldest grandkids grew quite a bit in the time from when I bought the sweatshirts and to when I finally finished them.  I bought two new bigger sweatshirts and will embroider them.  I might try taking the tree into my software and seeing if I can reduce the density.